Luke 18:9
And he spake this parable against some who trusted in themselves that they were just, and despised all (men):
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
10Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisha, the other a publican;
Cross References
Luke 10:29But he, willing to justify himself, said to him, And who is my neighbour?
Luke 15:29But he said to his father, Behold, how many years have I wrought thee service, and never have I transgressed thy commandment: yet never hast thou given me a kid, that I might feast with my friends.
Luke 18:11and, behold, the Pharisha stood (and) within himself these words prayed: Aloha, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious and unjust, and adulterers; nor as this publican.
John 7:47The Pharishee say to them, Are you also deceived?
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:2-9
The Unjust Judge. 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the… Read the whole commentary →